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MN HF2624

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Bierman

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Origin

House of Representatives

94th Legislature 2025-2026

AI Summary

  • Expands Minnesota's prescription monitoring program from "controlled substances" to "reportable substances," adding FDA-approved opioid antagonists (overdose reversal agents like naloxone) to the list of tracked medications alongside existing controlled substances, butalbital, and gabapentin

  • Restricts access to opioid antagonist dispensing data exclusively to Board of Pharmacy personnel and authorized contractors engaged in program administration, preventing prescribers, dispensers, and law enforcement from viewing this information

  • Requires dispensers to report all reportable substance prescriptions to the Board of Pharmacy's electronic database, including prescriber and patient information, drug details, quantities, and days supply

  • Maintains existing prescriber requirements to check the database before issuing initial Schedule II-IV opiate prescriptions and every three months for chronic pain or opioid addiction treatment patients

  • Preserves patient privacy protections, data retention limits (12 months for most users), and prohibitions on using the database to initiate disciplinary actions against prescribers without a warrant or court order

Legislative Description

Provisions in the prescription monitoring program changed.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy

3/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Health Finance & Policy3/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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